Google Sheets went down about an hour ago but seems to be recovering gradually at this point, with some users regaining access while others remain deprived. Google Hangouts and Google Talk appear to have gone down a little earlier than Google Sheets did. As of this writing there are no further updates on their status.

But since you might suddenly have a little downtime, you can follow their roads to recovery on the company’s Apps Status Dashboard.

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Melissa Riofrio spent her formative journalistic years reviewing some of the biggest iron at PCWorld--desktops, laptops, storage, printers--and she continued to focus on hardware testing during stints at Computer Currents and CNET. Currently, in addition to leading PCWorld’s content direction, she covers productivity laptops and Chromebooks, and car tech.More by Melissa Riofrio